The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-01
FARM AND ROAD HORSES.

Harvey Brown, OF Carroll county.
o.. relates some Of his experience and
observations to the Rural New Yorker
thus.
In 1866 bought pacing FLY, four
months old, for which l paid $50. 1t
was sired by large. well-formed stall
lion, with fincly-developed bone and
muscle, that could pace perhaps at a
$3.50 gait. He had no pedigree, but was
a pretty good gcneral-purpose horse.
The dam was 16 hands high, deep
through the chest, with short back,
high head, with bone and muscle uncx-
celled, pacing, perhaps, a three-min-
ute rats unframed; pedigree unknown.
When the flly became four years old
she was bred to SCOTS Hiatoga-SlO
insurance to produce fold. Her foal
was filly-a PAGER and trotter-which
! sold when three years old for $2l0.
The next year she was again sold for
$3.50, at which time she could show q
2:40 gait. either pacing or trotting.
She was 16 hands, "up-headed," yet
not very handsome.
Next l raised full brother-pacer
and trotter which sold for S275 when
three years old. Next was FLY sired
by Kings Hiatoga; trotter which l
sold for $50 when four months old.
Next was colt sired by SCOTS
Hiatoga. for which l was offered $3.50
before he was two years old. Some
time after that traded him at that
price for other stock. Then bred her
for three seasons to Prince Hiatoga-
son of Scott's-weighing 1875 pounds.
He was bay, 16 hands, with bone.
muscle, head, eye, ear. name and tail.
perhaps entirely unObjectionable. He
could pace at n 2;40 rate, or trot q
three minute gait unframed. As an
all-purpose horse he was very hard to
beat From this horse l raised three
colts; all could pace and trot The
first was gray which l sold when
three years old at 1925. In the fall of
1888 he sold for $3.50, and later he was
sold at 1926 when in his 18th year.
He was valued rs roadster. Next
was bay which l sold when three
years old at $3.50; since that time 1920
have been offered for him. Next was
gray for which received $50 when
three months old. The last three were
sold in the midst of the panic from 1874
to 1873.
The next was sired by Hazard"
son Of Lcxington-S25 insurance. I
sold him for 1925 in the fall of 1881,
when two years past. He could neither
trot pace nor run. He would rather
play than work. He was perfect
mongrel, unsafe to handle, in no way
reliable, except as a jumper, upwards,
sidewise. backward or forward. The
next cot was sired by Rex Hiatoga-
son of SCOTS which sold when two
years old for $125. He could pace and
trot, and was sold again the same sea-
son for $3.50. My next colt was by
Rex Hiatoga $50 to insurance). l was
offered $3.50 last summer, and by next
spring when he will be two years old.
l confidently expect to realize 5000 for
him. lie also PAGES and trots.
As q result of breeding this pacing
and trotting roadster or all-purpose
mare of unknown blood. to large, we'll
boned, and muscular roadsters, fast,
and all-purpose horses. VIC have for the
eight colts sold at the average age of
about two years. 81, 1856. with one IS
months old yet to sell; counting it sold
at S165. the figures will be 81, 400 for
nine colts.
The above experience teaches that to
insure greater success in the future. l
must, first as basis, buy mare five
years old. weighing l,2Op pounds 15a
hands high, with hind legs broad and
thin. deep and round feet, high-headed.
slim around the throat; deep chested,
round-ribbed, and having heavay
black name and tail. To these add O
fine head, eye and ear, and free.
open trot Of not less than four min
ute gait and kind disposition. I
must then find stallion possessing all
the characteristics of tho mare; 16t
hands high, weighing 1900 pounds,
with heavy muscles, good knee action.
and free, open trot of about three
or four minutes to the mile, with Q win.
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